Pacific ships

USN · AP

Afloat

Heywood-class transport, AP-14. With American Legion she put the first troops ashore on Beach Red, Guadalcanal, on 7 August 1942. Reclassified APA-7 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned 20 March 1946.

TypeTransport (AP)
HullAP-14
BuilderBethlehem Steel, Alameda
Commissioned1941-04-09
FateAfloat. Heywood-class transport. Reclassified APA-7 on 1 February 1943. Decommissioned 20 March 1946.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

USS Fuller (AP-14) at anchor in 1941. U.S. Navy photograph NH 86975. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi

1942-08-07 · with American Legion, put the first troops ashore on Beach Red